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This fall, the University of Georgia School of Law will begin offering a new graduate level degree for professionals and recent graduates seeking to increase their knowledge of law relevant to their career or academic discipline. The Master in the Study of Law is a non-thesis, 30-credit-hour degree for non-lawyers that can be completed in one year on a full-time basis or over three years on a part-time basis. It will provide students with a solid understanding of the U.S. legal system and the opportunity to delve more specifically into law as it relates to a particular field such as employment law, health care law and environmental law, among others.

Home Depot executive Teresa Wynn Roseborough will present “It’s Time to Try Defying Gravity – One Woman’s Thoughts on Having it All” as the University of Georgia School of Law’s 32nd Edith House Lecturer on April 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

The law school's Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy will host Middle Eastern scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo, who will speak on democracy and nonviolence in Iran, on April 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Classroom A (120) of Hirsch Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

On March 31, experts from the executive branch, Capitol Hill, the corporate sector and academia will gather to discuss international cybersecurity law and policy issues at the “Cybersecurity and National Defense: Building a Public-Private Partnership Conference.” The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The conference is free, but registration is required.

Congratulations to third-year student Lindsay Sain Jones who recently participated in a panel titled "Wilderness Planning" at the Role of Planning in Federal Land Management Conference at the George Washington University Law School during March. Notably, Jones was the only law student serving on a panel at this academic symposium.